Topic: Cosca's trip to the Game of Thrones World Premiere

So, just got back from this an hour ago, felt I may as well share the experience.

We lined up and got our tickets from the reception. After that we got to walk down the red Carpet, me and my Dad. Took plenty of pictures. This was in the moat of the Tower of London. Very cool decorations. there were fiery pyres burning, and they projected images of the dragons on the ToL wall nearby. Eventually we were shooed into a tent, which turned out to be where the screening was, on a very large screen. We waited for 2 hours, and then the cast came in. We had two short speeches from the CEO of Sky and the CEO of HBO, as well as a pre-recorded message from D&D apologising for not being there. Then the episode started.

This is a summary of the episode, as far as I remember it:

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First Scene: Cersei and girl walk into Maggys hut. (Young Cersei is brilliant btw). After Cersei demands her to, Maggy answers her 3 questions. She says that Cersei will be queen (until one younger and more beautiful replaces her), that she will have no children with the king but that he’ll have 20, and that her children will die (The scene uses the line about shrouds from the books)

Transition to: Current Cersei. She walks up the steps, after dissing the High Septon. Tywin is laid out in the Sept of Baelor. No mention of Shae. Her and Jaime talk about Tywin. She says Jaime killed him accidentally through his own stupidity, and at least Tyrion did it on purpose.

Next scene: POV of Tyrion looking through crate. Crate is unloaded, Tyrion and Varys talk. Tyrion is shaken, and starts drinking. Varys speaks about his and Illyrio;s allegiances, since he remarks they are at his home. Tyrion throws up his wine, then drinks some more

After this the order get’s real hazy, can’t quite remember since I didn’t take any notes. I’ll go story line by story line.

The Wall. First Scene: Jon practices with Olly in the yard. Sam chats with Gilly about Stannis, then a weakened Thorne comes out complaining about the weakness of the recruits. Melisandre comes down and tells Jon to meet Stannis on the Wall. On the way up, Jon asks Melisandre about the cold. She says she doesn’t feel it. She then asks him if he’s a virgin. When he says no, she says “good”. Cue heroic shot of Stannis and Davos looking out over the Wall. Stannis says he wants the Wildlings to help him take back the North, and that Jon has till nightfall to persuade Mance to bend the knee, or he will be burnt.

Second Scene. Jon pleads with Mance to consider bending the knee, but Mance refuses on the grounds that none of the Wildlings will respect him, and that it is against all he believes in. Mance says that Stannis would be a good King in this scene.

Third Scene. Mance is led out. He tells Stannis “good luck in the Wars to Come”. He is burnt. Jon shoots him with an arrow before he starts screaming. I believe this is the final scene of the episode.

Second Scene. Brienne is cleaning her sword. She get’s mad at Pod for his questions, says she isn’t a knight, and that their are no Lords worth protecting anymore.

Third Scene. A convoy of Vale Knights with a carriage passes Brienne and Pod. Within, Petyr says they are going far away from Cersei Lannister and her grasp.

MEEREEN. First sequence. The statue of the Harpy is toppled. At the foot, an Unsullied takes of his helmet and smiles. We then see him going into a brothel. He pays a woman, who then lies next to him, caressing him and singing him a lullaby. His throat is then cut, and we see the whore and a man in a golden mask standing over him. Learning of this, Dany tells the Unsullied to patrol the street. Missendei goes to Grey Worm and asks why an Unsullied would go to a brothel. He hesitates and then says that he doesn’t know.

Second Sequence. Hizdahr and Daario return. Hizdahr tells Dany to reopen the fighting pits, she refuses. He remarks that Yunkai gave into all their demands and installed a sort of democratic council. In bed together. Daario tells her she should open the fighting pits, and talks about how he used to fight in them after being sold to them as a child. He also tells her to reunite with her Children. Dany goes into the vault, but Viserys and Rhaegal snap and shoot fire at her. She runs away.

KINGS LANDING. Scene 2. Loras tries to give a eulogy for Tywin to Cersei, but she leaves him. She notices Lancel, who now has short hair and is wearing robes. She speaks to Kevan about Tywin, and he apologises for Lancel’s newfound piety. Lancel comes to Cersei later and apologises for tempting her sexually, and offers to pray for Tywins soul. He also pointedly apologises for his role in Robert’s death.

PENTOS. Scene 2. This is similar to the trailer. Varys tells Tyrion to join him in his quest to help Daenerys rather then killing himself with drink

I thought it was a very good episode all in all. A lot of setup, but that was to be expected. Michael Slovis' direction was also excellent.

I'll talk about the after-party later when I can upload pics, because that's when I met some of the actors. Also the Iron Throne was there, so got a couple of shots on that. Also I'm drunk because they had free wine, champagne and beer, as well as food.

-- Edited by Cosca on Wednesday 18th of March 2015 09:49:19 PM

-- Edited by Cosca on Wednesday 18th of March 2015 09:50:06 PM

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Cosca wrote:I'll talk about the after-party later when I can upload pics, because that's when I met some of the actors. Also the Iron Throne was there, so got a couple of shots on that. Also I'm drunk because they had free wine, champagne and beer, as well as food.

I've just found out that I hate you, Cosca. :P

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Cosca wrote:I'll talk about the after-party later when I can upload pics, because that's when I met some of the actors. Also the Iron Throne was there, so got a couple of shots on that. Also I'm drunk because they had free wine, champagne and beer, as well as food.

Red Carpet. There was actually a great dragon animation along this wall.

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Screening. We were further away when we took this photo, but we got put much closer later on.

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We got put right next to where the cast were seated as it happened. Saw them all walk in about a 3 metres from where I was sitting. Didnt get many pictures, too dark. Weirdly, nobody clapped when the cast came in. Probably because the room was filled with corporate suits from HBO and Sky affiliates rather than fans.

Mark Addy coming in.

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Jonathan Pryce was sitting on the same row as us.

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Afterparty.

Me with Jon bradley. Very nice guy.

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One of the servers. There were loads of them milling about with delicious stuff and drinks.

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Kerry Ingram.

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Isaac Hempstead Wright. Chatted with him for quite a bit. He said he's excited for his big comeback. He was actually talking with a blond girl when I approached him. I didn't chat with her at all because I didn't recognise her, but I realised afterwards that she was Nell Tiger Free. Oops.

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Mark Addy. Me and my dad talked to him about Robert and the Full Monty for a bit.

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Liam Cunningham and Michael McElhatton. Also very friendly.

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I met a few other actors briefly (Natalie Dormer, Richard Dormer, Ian Beattie), but mostly they stayed in the VIP section. I took a photo with Natalie Emmanuel and Tom Waschliba but it didnt work sadly. Still, a great night

Awesome pics and stories Cosca. Mark, Liam and Jon Bradley always striked me as a very approachable bunch of friendly guys, I love it how much of the cast took their time with you. Too bad you totally cockblocked Bran though.